A departure from the epic battles and fierce fighting which has become a hallmark of THE CLONE WARS, â€œSenate Spyâ€ explores an altogether different side of the conflict, focusing instead on the delicate political machinations as they play out behind the scenes of the swashbuckling space opera.

â€œDave [Filoni] and the team have said from the beginning that they wanted to show the Star Wars Saga from different perspectives, and this episode is a great example of that,â€ says Taber. â€œI love the epic battles, of course, but here we have a chance to follow the mystery, the politics and the intrigue. These slow-burn political â€˜battlesâ€™ are really driving the whole war effort. Dave actually had me watch [Alfred Hitchcockâ€™s] Notorious before we started working on â€˜Senate Spy.â€™ He wanted me to see the way the pressure builds â€“ especially when love is involved. Itâ€™s a very different kind of danger than what weâ€™ve seen in THE CLONE WARS. I really love that about the series; we are trying to give the Star Wars audience â€“ old and new â€“ something special.â€